﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  91 
  

  

  central 
  basal 
  keel, 
  is 
  an 
  area, 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  somewhat 
  triangular 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  

   wider 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  keels 
  curve 
  inwards 
  ; 
  inside, 
  

   it 
  is 
  closely, 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  area 
  

   is 
  a 
  shorter, 
  almost 
  square 
  one 
  ; 
  and 
  outside 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  larger, 
  

   wider 
  one, 
  which 
  is 
  narrowed 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  apical 
  half, 
  

   the 
  keel 
  bounding 
  this 
  part 
  being 
  curved 
  ; 
  inside 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  are 
  two 
  transverse 
  keels, 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  outer 
  side 
  

   are 
  two 
  keels, 
  one 
  straight, 
  the 
  other 
  curved. 
  There 
  are 
  

   thus 
  four 
  basal, 
  two 
  central 
  and 
  four 
  apical 
  areae, 
  or 
  10 
  

   areae 
  in 
  all. 
  Propleurse 
  finely 
  striated 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  more 
  strongly 
  striated, 
  all 
  the 
  striae 
  being 
  distinct 
  ; 
  

   the 
  mesopleurae 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   finely 
  rugose. 
  Mesosternum 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  furrow 
  

   striated. 
  The 
  coxae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  obscure 
  testaceous 
  

   in 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  trochanters 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  are 
  broadly 
  

   white 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  rufo-testaceous. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  strongly 
  iridescent 
  ; 
  the 
  tegulas 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  ner- 
  

   vures 
  are 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  is 
  pale 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Abdomen 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  except 
  the 
  raised 
  

   central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  petiole, 
  which 
  is 
  distinctly 
  longitudi- 
  

   nally 
  striated. 
  

  

  AGATHIDES. 
  

  

  DlSOPHRYS 
  ERYTHROCEPHALA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra; 
  capite, 
  prothorace, 
  mesothorace 
  pedibusqtte 
  

   anterioribus 
  rujis 
  ; 
  a/is 
  violaceo-fumatis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair. 
  Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  a 
  

   stout 
  keel 
  runs 
  from 
  the 
  hinder 
  ocelli 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  

  

  